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Leaked Sony emails reveal SPECTRE details and budgetary concerns

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The leaked emails resulting from the hack into Sony has already given us details about the Spider-Man franchise and a potential Jump Street / Men in Black crossover, and now details are emerging about next year’s 007 adventure SPECTRE. Minor spoilers follow… According to CNN (via Variety), there’s been some conflict between MGM Studios and […]

Krysten Ritter talks Marvel’s Jessica Jones

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Last week it was announced that Krysten Ritter (Breaking Bad) has secured the title role in Marvel’s second Netflix series Jessica Jones, and now the actress has shared a few thoughts on joining the Marvel Cinematic Universe during an interview with Cosmopolitan to promote her latest film Big Eyes. “I wasn’t [a comic book fan], […]

Full list of winners from the 2016 WGA Awards

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With the Academy Awards fast approaching, the Writers Guild of America handed out its 2016 honours last night, with Spotlight claiming the WGA Award for Best Original Screenplay, and The Big Short received the award for Best Adapted Screenplay. Alex Gibney’s Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief was award Best Documentary Screenplay, while on […]

Writers Guild announces WGA Awards nominations for 2016

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With awards season picking up steam, the Writers Guild of America has announced its nominations for Best Original Screenplay, Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Documentary Screenplay for the WGA Awards 2016. Here are the nominees who will contest the awards… ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY “Bridge of Spies,” Written by Matt Charman and Ethan Coen & Joel Coen; […]

Ricky Gervais’ Derek to air special Christmas series finale

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Ricky Gervais’ beloved show Derek will air its series finale on Channel 4 later this month. Like the bulk of his television programs, the show lasted two seasons and will end with a special, one-off Christmas episode. “I’m sorry to end it but I know that leaving something you love and starting something else is […]

Writers Guild of America announces TV nominations for WGA Awards, Fargo “snub” explained by FX

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With Awards season heating up, the Writers Guild of America has announced its TV nominations for the WGA Awards, which are set to take place in February. Check out the full list of nominees below… Drama Series: Game of Thrones, Written by David Benioff, Bryan Cogman, George R.R. Martin, D.B. Weiss (HBO) The Good Wife, Written […]

Writers Guild of America announces nominations for 2015 WGA Awards

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The Writer’s Guild of America has announced the nominations for Oustanding Achievement for the 2015 WGA Awards, with Boyhood, Foxcatcher, The Grand Budapest Hotel, Nightcrawler and Whiplash set to contest the Original Screenplay award, and American Sniper, Gone Girl, Guardians of the Galaxy, The Imitation Game and Wild up for Adapted Screenplay. Here’s the full […]

Oscar Isaac comments on being cast as Apocalypse

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Not only can Oscar Isaac be seen piloting an X-wing in next years Star Wars: The Force Awakens but he has also recently been cast in another big blockbuster as the titular villain in Bryan Singer’s X-Men: Apocalypse due out in May 2016. Isaac recently spoke to MTV at the Gotham Independent Films Awards about […]

Cliff Curtis joins The Walking Dead companion series

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The Walking Dead companion series is beginning to hot up. The other day we got our first confirmed casting announcement and now we have another name joining the fray, veteran New Zealand actor Cliff Curtis. Curtis is best known for his roles in Live Free Die Hard, Sunshine and Training Day but has also down […]